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With generation X around the corner what are your organizations plans for motivating a young workforce? Do you know if your recognition program is succeeding? Did you know having friends at work is good for more than just water cooler chit chat? A recent study found that employees with friends at work enjoy their jobs more. Look for answers to these questions and more from industry leaders in this week’s ebee.
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Bill 168 Workplace Violence Risk Assessment Form
The fundamental principle of a Health and Safety Program is to reduce the danger of injury, disease and violence to employees. With the newly introduced Bill 168, conducting a thorough Risk Assessment to get compliant with the new legislation should be a top priority over the next few months.
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Hogan cautions parastatal CEOs, as remuneration panel begins work
Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan issued a stern warning to the CEOs of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) on Thursday, arguing that they had to show accountability to their boards and should not mount public campaigns to secure positions.
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How Do You Know Your Recognition Program Is Succeeding?
A recent study has startling results about the inefficiency within organizations so Once you’ve aligned your strategic recognition program to reflect your changed company objectives to help communicate new strategies, approaches or even organizational structure, how do you know your efforts are succeeding?
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Worker Classification: Traps Even for the Wary!
Companies need to understand and recognize the differences between (1) “independent contractors” and “employees” and (2) “exempt” and “non-exempt” employees. Classifying workers correctly in each of these respects is extremely important under both federal and state laws.
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Motivating a Young Workforce
Several years ago I had a large client with a very young employee population. Almost all of them were well under 25. As might be expected with this population turnover was very high, exceeding 100% in some areas. Management wanted to change this situation but they were unclear on how to proceed.
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Communicating Change
Every organization at some point in time will have to announce some type of change in the workplace. It may be changes to technology; changes in leadership (a new supervisor hired in a department); or changes in policies for one reason or another. The way in which changes are communicated will determine how successful the changes are understood.
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Excellent Recognition Guidance from the Corporate Executive Board
The Corporate Executive Board (CEB) recently ran an excellent three-part series on recognition and reward best practices. We have them for you here.
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BFF in the Workplace a Good Thing?
A few years ago, a Conference Board survey found that 87 percent of North Americans didn't like their jobs. Now, a more recent survey reveals that only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their jobs. A study conducted by Work Watch reveals that the workers who are satisfied with their jobs credit workplace friendships for making their job more fun.
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Are You Prepared for Recession-Recovery and Growth?
An e-mail inquiry and a Globe and Mail article last month converged to illustrate the rapidly growing need for organizations to significantly boost their coaching and development skill-building efforts.
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How to Develop a Successful Retail HR Strategy using Workforce Management
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In this webinar, we will discuss retail’s unique labor requirements and how the use of workforce management helps to enable and support an organization’s HR strategy. Recruitment requirement calculations, ...
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Date: April 28, 2010
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Benchmark your immigration firm: Common myths that cost you time and money
The foundation of every immigration program is the firm providing immigration services. An inefficient partner will not only cost you time and money, but put you at risk to lose access to crucial talent...
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Date: April 29, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Why the Right Call Center Matters and How to Find It for Your Employees
Your organization may outsource benefits administration to reduce healthcare costs and provide a better employee experience – yet there’s more to employee satisfaction than Web-based tools. When the rubber ...
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Date: April 29, 2010
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How Leaders Drive Workforce Performance: Global Research Highlights and Leadership Best Practices
Many employees are disgruntled. Some are expressing pent up frustrations about how they have been treated through the downturn. The result is a disengaged workforce. Engaged employees have productivity rates that are ...
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Date: May 4, 2010
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
Tools Now Available to Pinpoint Eligible Candidates Faster
Manually reviewing piles of fresh job applications and resumes can get overwhelming. LexisNexis Screening Solutions and SHL, a leading global provider of behavioral and ability assessment tools, have researched ...
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Date: May 6, 2010
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Salary Structures: Establishing Competitive and Equitable Pay Levels
In this session, we'll demonstrate how salary structures add an important component to your compensation management program. Learn how salary structures help ensure pay levels for groups of jobs are both ...
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Date: May 6, 2010
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> Just a Job or Part of Our Deeper Purpose?
Are we just marking time or is our job part of our bigger purpose and life theme? Is our job just a means to getting a paycheck so we can get on with real living or are we doing our life's work? These are critically important leadership issues. If my job is just a job, I won't have the energy to energize others.
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